I built a motorized bike at the beginning of this year, basically I ordered the 49cc kit and figured id just bolt it on a bike and check it out. it worked out really well. I got a 26" cruiser low-rider bike from a friend and it turned out really cool. the first pic of the blue bike is it. While riding this one i noticed a few things I wished we different.
1 - the brakes sucked, i needed something else other than the coaster.
2 - it was a bicycle, rather fragile at 30 mph I actually had to come to a sudden stop with the coaster brake and bent the back axle.
3 - no suspension. this made the ride pretty uncomfortable. I thought about a "springer" style fork but those dont dampen properly, just change the angle
so I came up with good brazed steel huffy frame with small diameter tubing and stripped it all down and painted it caterpillar yellow with krylon "farm and implement" spray cans, put a threadless head set in it, installed a suspension fork with front disc wheel. (got off craigslist for 20 bucks).
found some kenda "redwall" tires on amazon. I haven't bolted the motor up yet, but im just making sure the bicycle is solid before I do. Im also building a back wheel with the HD axle kit from gasbike.net
comments welcome!
1 - the brakes sucked, i needed something else other than the coaster.
2 - it was a bicycle, rather fragile at 30 mph I actually had to come to a sudden stop with the coaster brake and bent the back axle.
3 - no suspension. this made the ride pretty uncomfortable. I thought about a "springer" style fork but those dont dampen properly, just change the angle
so I came up with good brazed steel huffy frame with small diameter tubing and stripped it all down and painted it caterpillar yellow with krylon "farm and implement" spray cans, put a threadless head set in it, installed a suspension fork with front disc wheel. (got off craigslist for 20 bucks).
found some kenda "redwall" tires on amazon. I haven't bolted the motor up yet, but im just making sure the bicycle is solid before I do. Im also building a back wheel with the HD axle kit from gasbike.net
comments welcome!
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